Oatmeal Carmelitas

Staying in tonight? Why don't you make it a baking night! Call your friends over and indulge into these sinful delights while you chitchat!

All you need is :
2 cups of all purpose flour
2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2(11 ounce) jars caramel sauce

Putting it all together could not be any easier!

step 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
step 2. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
step 3. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
step 4. Add melted butter into the bottom of baking pan.
step 5. Bake for 10 minutes.
step 6. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts.
step 7. Drizzle caramel sauce over top and crumble remaining oat mixture evenly on top, patting down lightly.
step 8. Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes or until the top is golden; cool before cutting into bars.

Indulge on these sinful treats!

xo ginny

Thinking of Sunday Morning...

I am flying home at this moment somewhere in the sky between Dallas and Miami.
I have had a great week. I'm feeling restored, and anxious for my two boys waiting at home, the lovely Miss Bear, a great yoga class, to turn on beautiful music, and be in my kitchen creating the homey feeling that tells my boys all is right in the world, and that we are all together again. 

I know exactly what I will cook first. I want my boys to wake to this new recipe I indulged on while I was away.

Thank you to the incredible staff at Amangiri resort for sharing this recipe as well as a couple of more treasured ones which I will share in future blogs. Don't let the fact that this is a gluten- free recipe turn you off, if you are not a convert yet... it is so delicious!!


Here's to the beautiful smells of baking, morning papers, pjs, a weekly treat of a latte, a few dishes in the sink and Sundays. May it be a beautiful one.  xo ginny



Gluten Free Zucchini Bread
**Note can use carrot, banana, or pumpkin instead of zucchini
Ingredients
1  1/2C shredded zucchini
1 C chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1  1/2 C gluten free flour mix
1/2 C olive oil
2 eggs
1 C sugar
1 vanilla Bean

1. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt
2. In another bowl combine oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients
4. Add in zucchini and walnuts
5. Pour batter into greased loaf pan
6. Bake at 350*F for about 1 hour (until knife comes out clean)

**remember always bake in a preheated oven